122 pages : 29 cm

Join TIME to explore the almost-lives and almost-times of the most fascinating people who never lived. Inspired by Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, we've created a list of history's 100 most memorable characters from the worlds of literature, film, TV, video games--even advertising. Here are Sherlock Holmes and Indiana Jones, Wonder Woman and Rosie the Riveter, Atticus Finch and Dorothy Gale--and 94 more intriguing figures

Heroes and Villains: King Arthur -- Scarlett O'Hara / Ann Patchett -- Hannibal Lecter / Jodie Foster -- Norman Bates -- Indiana Jones -- Lara Croft -- Rodion R. Raskolnikov -- Michael Corleone -- James Bond / Belinda Luscombe -- Dr. Faust / Catherine Mayer -- Dr. Frankenstein -- Candide -- Lisbeth Salander -- Travis Bickle -- Kunta Kinte -- Robin Hood -- Captain Ahab / Katy Steinmetz -- Don Quixote -- Don Juan -- John Galt -- Big Brother -- Odysseus -- Achilles -- Archetypes: Uncle Sam / Michael Duffy -- Sherlock Holmes / Lev Grossman -- The Good Samaritan -- Falstaff -- Shylock / Patrick Stewart and F. Murray Abraham -- Barbie -- Betty Crocker -- Santa Claus / Katy Steinmetz -- Ebenezer Scrooze / David Von Drehle -- Hiawatha -- The Marlboro Man -- Rosie the Riveter -- Jay Gatsby -- Mrs. Rochester / Jessica Winter -- King Midas -- Couples: Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock -- Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy / Belinda Luscombe -- Benedick and Beatrice -- Huckleberry Finn and Jim -- Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins -- Leopold and Molly Bloom / James Poniewozik -- Romeo and Juliet -- Charlie Brown and Lucy Van Pelt / James Poniewozik -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -- The Prodigal Son and his Father / Sean Gregory -- Humbert Humbert and Lolita -- Outliers: Wonder Woman / Lynda Carter -- Aladdin -- Scheherazade -- Superman -- Batman -- Dracula -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer -- Cinderella / Belinda Luscombe -- HAL 9000 / Steven James Snyder -- Darth Vader / Steven James Snyder -- Harry Potter / Chris Colfer -- The Wicked Witch of the West -- Rip Van Winkle -- Pinocchio / Harry McCracken -- Tarzan -- Mary Poppins -- Peter Pan -- The Phantom of the Opera / Gerald Butler -- Cassandra -- Everyday Heroes: Lucy Ricardo / Harry McCracken -- The Little Tramp / Ann Douglas -- Jo March / Catherine Mayer -- Homer Simpson -- Rocky Balboa / Sean Gregory -- Atticus Finch / David Von Drehle -- Walter Mitty -- Katniss Everdeen -- Nancy Drew -- Mary Richards / Mary Tyler Moore -- Robinson Crusoe / Katy Steinmetz -- The Dude / Steven James Snyder -- Holden Caulfield -- Don Draper / Bryan Walsh -- Pollyanna -- Cliff Huxtable / Mark Whitaker -- Dorothy Gale -- Tom Joad -- Willy Loman -- Oliver Twist / Jesse Tyler Ferguson -- Josef K. / Lev Grossman -- Tragic Destinies: Hamlet / Bryan Walsh -- Carmen -- Pagliaccio -- Anna Karenina -- Oedipus -- Madame Butterfly -- Icarus -- Sethe / Patrik Henry Bass -- Miss Havisham -- Hester Prynne -- King Lear / Jessica Winter

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